A case study approach is used to describe 15 disadvantaged gifted adolescents and the importance of their families as a source of encouragement and support. Also discussed are other influences including schools, teachers, peers, community, economic circumstances, and interpersonal influences. (JDD)

Maintains that parents and educators should watch what children watch on television, especially commercials. Parents and educators should teach children to critically observe and analyze the messages and assumptions of television commercials. (BB)

The intergenerational movement is seen as an appropriate counter to the breakdown of the extended family and the loss of shared responsibilities and functions. If grandparenthood is understood as a promotion from primary parenting, older adults can contribute invaluably to children's understanding of lifestage limitations and the importance of…

Creative writers (n=20) were interviewed to explore relationships between creativity and the creator's life as a parent and/or spouse. The experience of confronting family-related gender expectations influenced many writers. Writers reported benefits from the family's social support alongside restrictions on the solitude and time necessary for…

The Japanese homeroom class is a basic social unit; most students will spend their entire time in a school in the same room. Homeroom teachers share parental responsibility for each student's academic and social progress and for discipline and guidance. An hour-long weekly homeroom class follows a prescribed curriculum. (MSE)

Presents a case study of one preschooler's mathematical attitudes and strategies, along with a discussion of how the child's mother influenced and guided the preschooler's actions. Bedtime story reading and everyday gamelike activities are shown to be sources of natural mathematics in this particular home, where the mother is aware of and acts to…

Director of the Fatherhood Project at the Families and Work Institute in New York City discusses his involvement in getting low-income fathers more involved in programs serving preschool children and how the Fatherhood Project was started. (HTH)

Compared social-linguistic experiences of six early readers (ERs) and six prereading (PRs) matched-age peers in interactions with their middle-class parents. Found that ER parents created an even more enriched language environment for their children than PR parents. Differences on decontextualized language tasks favored ER families, and ERs gave…

Summarizes findings of the Television Violence Study indicating that the context of much television violence is dangerous to viewers, perpetrators go unpunished in the majority of programs, negative consequences of violence are often ignored, guns feature prominently, and presentation of violence differs greatly across networks and across…

Gender differences in identity formation were studied in 57 female and 39 male late adolescents (college students) from divorced mother-custody families. The absence of the father and the altered role of the mother appeared to have a differential impact on males and females who grew up in mother-custody families. (SLD)

Critical factors in the behavior of Chicano gang youth are family disintegration, cultural dissolution, abusive family relationships, and histories of interpersonal violence. Specific treatment modalities (individual, family, group) are discussed, and the importance of a multimodal approach is emphasized. Case studies highlight family dynamics and…

Three approaches to speech therapy for children who stutter are proposed, reflecting differences in the type and degree of parent involvement required for different age groups. The first approach considers parent-child interaction skills as a basis for facilitating development of fluency skills in young children. Intensive group therapy programs…

Explored prospective reciprocal relations between perceived parenting and adolescents' substance use and related externalizing symptoms. Findings supported the reciprocal effects model used. (ET)

Relates school and family systems and social network theories to an understanding of children's coping with self to enhance children's self-concept. Suggests several techniques for counseling children with learning and social problems such as poor self-concept or low self-esteem, cheating, truancy, underachievement, school-related tension and…

The experiences and perspectives of nine parents committed to inclusive education for their children with disabilities are analyzed. Findings include: parents viewed inclusive education as a fundamental right for their children, and they employed numerous strategies to obtain inclusive education, including seeking assistance from the courts and…